Crag and Hood River Valley Residents Committee will host our 3rd annual SYRCL Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival on Thursday, August 26th and Friday, August 27th at the Springhouse Cellar in Hood River. This year, we’ll let you decide what films we...

In early January, Crag Law Center Staff Attorney Ralph Bloemers, argued two key cases before the Oregon Court of Appeals. Both of the cases involve the continuing legality of two subdivisions that were proposed to be developed under Oregon’s controversial...

(Pendleton, Oregon). For the third time in recent months, the Forest Service has withdrawn a scientifically-controversial large-scale timber sale sparing beautiful forests, wildlife, and spring fed salmon waterways from damaging logging. The Umatilla National Forest...

(Dale, Oregon). Earlier this week, the District Ranger of the North Fork John Day Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest issued a one line statement pulling the Farley logging project in the face of objections from scientists. The Farley project proposed thousands...

In response to Crag’s recent environmental justice victory, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has ordered reforms at the Office of Civil Rights to speed the processing of discrimination claims. In addition to ordering her staff “in the strongest terms, to...

Crag’s client, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, just settled a Clean Water Act enforcement actions against the Oregon Department of Transportation. NEDC and Crag provided notice of intent to sue ODOT to enforce the terms of its Clean Water Act...